Star Wars Newswire

It makes your mind hurt, you can't understand any of it and it freaks you out a little but it is possible We can't work out why this version of Star Wars IV: A New Hope exists but we watched it, we were mesmerised by it and then we felt slightly uneasy. There's a lot of shooting, a lot of black and white and a lot of Harrison Ford but watch it in HD full screen and it nearly makes sense.
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In the Legoland universe, everything is awesome -- even the planet-destroying Death Star weapon owned by the Empire in the "Star Wars" films. Legoland California Resort on Wednesday evening will roll out a Death Star model for its "Star Wars" Miniland, which opened in 2011.
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A long time ago in a Welsh aircraft hangar far away: Never-before-seen images reveal secret 1979 project to construct Star Wars' Millennium Falcon for classic films The only full-scale model of Han Solo's Millennium Falcon spaceship was built in a Welsh hangar in 1979 The life-size version of the spaceship was constructed for The Empire Strikes Back, the second film in the series The secret of how the legendary Star Wars spaceship the Millennium Falcon was built has been revealed - in a high-security project codenamed 'Magic Roundabout' in the Welsh countryside.
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The Force may not be due to Awaken until December, but as fans await Star Wars Episode VII, Disney and Lego are working on something rather special to prepare us for the sci-fi sequel... Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales will tell the entire Star Wars saga in the medium of Lego from the perspective of R2-D2 and C-3PO, following the pair as they witness some of the most memorable moments in the history of the Skywalker family album and the Star Wars galaxy. The new five-part series will air on Disney XD and kicks off just after the victory celebration in the Ewok village on Endor at the end of Return of The Jedi, with R2 and 3PO "accidentally kidnapped" and taken on a new hop around the galaxy.
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Darth Vader's back in 'Star Wars Rebels' One villain's return and another's apparent death nicely set up a second season. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1AzxiVk a Monday night's Star Wars Rebels season finale sent one Imperial villain down a fiery chasm to his apparent death but also ended with the arrival of the biggest baddie in the galaxy.
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The opposition to net neutrality " which was passed on a 3-2 party line vote Feb. 26 at the Federal Communications Commission " reacted strangely to the news that there would be no fast lane for corportations who have more resources then the average consumer. Republican commissioner Ajit Pai choose to quote a character from Star Wars to illustrate his opinion.
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"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" may mark the return of a character who appeared as an admiral in the original trilogy, according to a new report. The names of some of the other characters fighting for the rebels in the movie have also been revealed in the report.
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It may be a cliche at this point, but if you're going to do a review of anything Star Wars related, you have to start it off right. On Tuesday the third book in the "new canon" Star Wars series is released.
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Olivier_C, a remote-controlled hobbyist from France, has unveiled his latest project: a TIE Fighter drone. It was modeled after the TIE Interceptor from Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi, and took about 15-hours to design, and "at least as many" to get it flying right.
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Homesick aliens and lovesick robots are among Hollywood's favorite science fiction movies. Pulled from THR 's list of Hollywood's 100 favorite films , some of the flicks take place in galaxies far, far away, while others hit a little closer to home.
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MORE remarkable photographic evidence of Pembroke Dock's secret role in creating an iconic spacecraft in the second of the epic Star Wars series of films has come to light, following an appeal made by the town's Heritage Centre. In what must have been a level of secrecy mirroring Cold War espionage, construction of the well-loved spaceship the Millennium Falcon - destined to fly into film immortality in the Star Wars epic The Empire Strikes Back - took place during the winter of 1978-79 in one of the Dockyard's flying boat hangers.
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The relationship between LEGO and Star Wars has grown over the last decade or so, and with the success of The LEGO Movie and various animated LEGO features, it was only a matter of time before we got an officially sanctioned, cinematic retelling of the Star Wars story in LEGO form - and that time is now. The LEGO Group announced this week that LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales will air on Disney XD at some point between now and the premiere of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens in December.
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Can't get enough "Lego Star Wars" movies? Disney XD plan to debut a five-episode series retelling the "Star Wars" saga from the droids' point of view, before the release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Ever wonder what the entire "Star Wars" saga looks like through the eyes of C-3PO and R2-D2? Fans will get a droid's perspective on everything from the Anakin Skywalker transition to Darth Vader to Luke training with Yoda.
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... Lady), best drama (Forrest Gump and King Kong) and best romance (Shakespeare In Love and Across The Stars from Star Wars) did battle in the first half of the evening with best family/animated film (Ratatouille and The Lion King) and best science ...
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There's been a lot of good Star Wars content on TV recently, much of it due to the success of Star Wars Rebels on Disney XD . This week, the network announced it has picked up a brand new animated Star Wars franchise program, and this one has an incredibly cool premise and format.
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Just incase you haven't had enough collaboration between the Star Wars and Lego franchises yet, a new special from Disney will have re-watching the entire first two trilogies, albeit in plastic brick form. Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales is part of Disney's effort to promote and draw in new audiences for the December release of the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens .
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Disney XD has picked up the 'Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales' mini-series, five 22-minute episodes that will retell the first 6 movies in the series with Lego protagonists. The series will air later this year, concluding before the hotly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens blockbuster opens worldwide on December 18th.
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